Joni Mitchell: Going

“Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone.
They paved paradise,
And put up a parking lot.”

Joni Mitchell

"Big Yellow Taxi"
Songs

“I came upon a child of god,
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me:
"I’m going on down to Yasgur’s farm”

Joni Mitchell

"Woodstock"
Songs
Context: I came upon a child of god,
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me:
"I’m going on down to Yasgur’s farm
I’m going to join in a rock ’n’ roll band
I’m going to camp out on the land,
I’m going to try an’ get my soul free.

God

“people will tell you were they have gone, they'll tell you where to go, but until you get there for yourself you never really know.”

Joni Mitchell

People

“And the seasons they go round and round,
And the painted ponies go up and down,
We’re all captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go 'round and 'round and 'round
In the circle game.”

Joni Mitchell

"Circle Game"
Songs
Source: The Circle Game

Game , Time , Painting , Season

“I was demanding of myself a deeper and greater honesty, more and more revelation in my work in order to give it back to the people where it goes into their lives and nourishes them and changes their direction and makes light bulbs go off in their head and makes them feel. And it isn't vague, it strikes against the very nerves of their life and in order to do that you have to strike against the very nerves of your own.”

Joni Mitchell

On the writing period of Blue
Woman of Heart and Mind: A Life Story (2003)

Life , People , Feeling , Light